Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,561 My Lord, it is not I 467 00:46:34,720 --> 00:46:37,803 but the government that should be put in the dock. 468 00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,440 I plead not guilty. 469 00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,723 The state has formally advised me 470 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:49,531 that they will be asking for the supreme penalty 471 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:51,682 permissible by law. 472 00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:54,564 Which is death. 473 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,083 Our best chance is to attack the credibility of the charges. 474 00:46:59,240 --> 00:47:02,642 We dispute every falsehood, we challenge every charge. 475 00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:06,683 We think they'll bring in a guilty verdict, 476 00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,884 but we might be able to avoid the death sentence. 477 00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,520 - Agreed? - Agreed. 478 00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:18,045 Agreed. 479 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:20,849 Then be happy. 480 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:22,889 Smile. 481 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:27,125 This may be the greatest service we will ever do for our people. 482 00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:33,723 Mandela! Mandela! 483 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,487 My name is Nelson Mandela. 484 00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:52,330 I'm the first accused. 485 00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:59,247 I do not deny that I planned sabotage. 486 00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,051 I did not plan it 487 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,487 in a spirit of recklessness 488 00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:08,008 nor because I have any love for violence. 489 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:13,648 The hard facts are that 50 years of non-violence 490 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,326 had brought the African people nothing 491 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:20,166 but more and more repressive legislation 492 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,721 and fewer and fewer rights. 493 00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:26,441 Africans want 494 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:29,843 a just share in the whole of South Africa. 495 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,731 We want equal political rights, 496 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,804 one man, one vote. 497 00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:39,931 I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. 498 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:44,290 I have fought against white domination. 499 00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,563 I have fought against black domination. 500 00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:51,364 I have cherished the ideal of a free, 501 00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:54,000 democratic society where all persons 502 00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:58,171 live together in harmony with equal opportunities. 503 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:02,811 It is an ideal which I hope to live for 504 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:04,650 and achieve, 505 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:08,521 but, if needs be, 506 00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:10,921 it is an ideal for which 507 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:14,368 I am prepared to die. 508 00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:26,202 - <i>Amandla! - Awethu!</i> 509 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:30,566 - <i>Amandla! - Awethu!</i> 510 00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:58,365 Before the judge imposes the supreme penalty, 511 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:00,887 there is one more step. 512 00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:05,409 He will ask the first accused, Nelson, "Have you any reason to advance 513 00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:07,568 whether the sentence should not be passed?" 514 00:50:07,720 --> 00:50:10,769 - You could then say... - I have nothing more to say. 515 00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:12,649 That won't help your appeal. 516 00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,842 There will be no appeal. 517 00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:19,211 No appeal? 518 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,011 We have talked about this. We are ready. 519 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:26,605 <i>All rise.</i> 520 00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,608 I have reached my verdict. 521 00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:44,162 The defendants will rise. 522 00:50:47,720 --> 00:50:51,042 The accused are all found guilty as charged. 523 00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:58,486 The accused have made high moral claims for their actions. 524 00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:02,122 In essence, they have courted martyrdom 525 00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:05,682 at the hands of what they call "their oppressors." 526 00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:11,131 But I will not give them that satisfaction. 527 00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:12,486 Let us show the world 528 00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:16,201 that we are a nation of laws 529 00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:17,521 and where possible, 530 00:51:17,720 --> 00:51:20,803 we temper justice with mercy. 531 00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:25,841 I have therefore decided not to impose the supreme penalty. 532 00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:33,964 The sentence in the case of all the accused... 533 00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:37,122 will be life imprisonment. 534 00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:25,520 All right, get out, kaffirs. 535 00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:28,330 - In a line. - All rig